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property, or whether servitudes and privileges rest on 

 it ; in the latter case their extent should be recorded. 



7. Bights enjoyed by the proprietor of the forest elsewhere, 



such as rights of way or floating, or rights over other 

 lands, &c. 



8. Kequirements of the surrounding population, and con- 



dition of the market for forest produce generally ; 

 special industries in the vicinity which require forest 

 produce, such as mines, smelting works, saw mills ; 

 imports which compete with the local supply; sub- 

 stitutes for wood available in the vicinity. 



9. Extent of forest offences, their causes, effect upon the 



forest ; suggestions for their prevention. 



10. Labour available in the vicinity ; rate of wages. 



11. Past system of management ; changes introduced from 



time to time; prescriptions of former working plans 

 and their effect upon the forest. 



12 Natural phenomena which have affected the condition of 

 the forest, such as storms, snow, frost, fire, insects, 

 fungi, &c. 



13. Conditions of game and its effect upon the forest. 



14. Past seed years of the more important species. 



15. Opportunities for consolidating the property, either by 



exchange or purchase ; conversion of fields, meadows, 

 &c., into forest, or the reverse. 



16. The staff of the forest, its organization and efficiency. 



SECTION V. THE STATISTICAL EEPOET. 



The data which have been collected in the manner indicated 

 in the previous four sections, must be brought together in a 

 statistical report, accompanied by maps to illustrate it. The 

 form of this report depends entirely on the circumstances of 

 each case. In one instance it will be necessary to go into 

 minute details, in another a more summary treatment is indi- 

 cated. The following documents will ordinarily form part of 

 the report. 



